OG Approved - No BS Tech News # 103

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Olivier Gomez (OG)
January 15, 2026

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💡What’s the Big Idea?

Apple and Google have entered a multi-year partnership that will use Google’s Gemini AI models and cloud infrastructure as the foundation for the next-generation Siri and broader Apple Intelligence features.

🔑 Key Takeaways for Readers:

· Siri’s brain transplant: The upcoming Siri overhaul will be built on Google’s Gemini technology rather than relying solely on Apple’s own models, marking a major strategic shift.

· Beyond Siri: This deal extends to “future Apple Intelligence features,” not just voice assistance, hinting at deeper AI integration across iOS/macOS.

· Privacy and infrastructure: Apple will still run AI on its own devices and Private Cloud Compute to maintain privacy guarantees, even though the foundation models come from Google.

⚡ Why It Matters (OG lens):

This isn’t just an engineering shift; it signals Apple conceding leadership in foundational AI to Google while trying to retain control of the user experience and privacy — and it reshapes the competitive dynamic in mobile AI.

⭐OG Rating:

4 out of 5: This move is a strategic inflection point with industry-wide implications — it validates Google’s AI strength, reshuffles Apple’s AI roadmap, and impacts competitors like OpenAI. The only reason it isn’t a full 5 is that many details (scope beyond Siri, feature rollout timing) remain undefined.

💡What’s the Big Idea?

Anthropic released Cowork, a new Claude Desktop agent that lets the AI access and manipulate your files and workflows autonomously — no coding required — effectively turning Claude into a desktop collaborator, not just a chatbot.

🔑 Key Takeaways for Readers:

· AI with real agency: Cowork gives Claude the ability to read, edit, organize, and create files on your computer once you grant access to a folder — going beyond text chat to actual work execution.

· Built on Claude Code lineage: The feature repackages the underlying Claude Code agentic architecture for everyday productivity tasks so non-developers can use it without writing scripts.

· Productivity plus new risks: Claude can integrate with connectors (Asana, Notion, PayPal) and browser tasks when paired with Claude for Chrome, but users should manage safety around potentially destructive actions and agent autonomy.

⚡ Why It Matters (OG lens):

This is a pivot from conversational AI toward agent AI that actually does work on your machine, collapsing the boundary between human direction and autonomous execution — a real test of practical AI utility.

⭐ OG Rating:

4 out of 5: Anthropic moving Claude from chat interface to desktop agent is a material shift in how people will interact with AI daily, but adoption barriers (macOS only currently, preview mode, safety concerns) prevent it from being a full 5.

💡What’s the Big Idea?

Mark Zuckerberg unveiled Meta Compute, a top-level initiative to build massive AI compute capacity — measured in tens of gigawatts this decade and hundreds of gigawatts over time — turning infrastructure into Meta’s strategic weapon in the AI arms race.

🔑 Key Takeaways for Readers:

AI compute as competitive moat: Meta is formalizing its AI infrastructure build-out with Meta Compute, consolidating responsibility for data centers, custom silicon, and power strategy under a unified organization.

· Scale of ambition: Zuckerberg said Meta expects to construct tens of gigawatts of compute capacity this decade and hundreds of gigawatts or more over time, signaling energy-intensive AI workloads at hyperscaler scale.

· Leadership and partnerships: Meta tapped Santosh Janardhan and Daniel Gross to lead engineering and capacity planning, and appointed Dina Powell McCormick to coordinate infrastructure financing and government partnerships, showing this is both a technical and geopolitical play.

⚡ Why It Matters (OG lens):

This shifts Meta from follower to contender in foundational AI infrastructure — because owning and scaling compute at this magnitude is now as strategic as owning models themselves.

⭐ OG Rating:

4 out of 5Meta Compute is a bold escalation in the AI arms race with real implications for competition and energy demand, but execution risks (power supply, silicon, timeline, ROI) and unclear model outcomes keep it from a full 5.

💡What’s the Big Idea?

Salesforce has relaunched Slackbot as an AI-powered personal work agent built into Slack that uses context from conversations, files, and connected systems to answer questions, automate tasks, and orchestrate workflows — directly competing with Microsoft and Google in the enterprise AI assistant race.

🔑 Key Takeaways for Readers:

· Context = advantage: Slackbot now uses permissioned Slack conversations, files, and enterprise data (like Salesforce records) to provide personalized, actionable responses — not generic chatbot replies.

· Actionable AI, not just answers: It can draft content, organize work, surface insights, schedule meetings, and trigger actions within workflows without leaving Slack, eliminating context-switching.

· Part of a broader strategy: This launch ties directly into Salesforce’s Agentforce vision, positioning Slack as the conversational interface where humans and AI agents collaborate — a strategic play against similar efforts from Microsoft/Google.

⚡ Why It Matters (OG lens):

This turns Slack — a ubiquitous workplace messaging layer — into a productive AI hub, collapsing the boundary between human context and machine execution and forcing competitors to rethink how workplace AI works.

⭐ OG Rating:

3.5 out of 5: Salesforce’s Slackbot upgrade is a tactical move that brings agentic AI directly into the flow of work with practical day-to-day benefits, but it’s not yet a transformative leap in enterprise AI leadership (and market reaction has been tepid).

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